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Stephen M Hepperle

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 7260, Phone: (571)272-4913 , Office: P/3700 )

Most Active Art Unit
3407
Art Unit(s)
3753, 3407, 3700
Total Applications
2621
Issued Applications
2150
Pending Applications
140
Abandoned Applications
331

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/312938
METHODS OF EXTRACTION OF PRODUCTS FROM TITANIUM-BEARING MATERIALS Dec 15, 2019 Pending
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17/297227
METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONTAINING SOLUTION Dec 5, 2019 Pending
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17/298815
PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL COMPOUND Dec 5, 2019 Pending
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17/311324
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHORUS Dec 3, 2019 Pending
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17/298686
PURE IRON CONTAINING COMPOUND Dec 2, 2019 Pending
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17/294880
Method for Preparing Positive Electrode Active Material Precursor for Lithium Secondary Battery Nov 28, 2019 Pending
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17/297179
ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE DIOXIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND USE THEREOF Nov 21, 2019 Pending
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17/294081
Boron nitride nanostructures Nov 14, 2019 Issued
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17/293769
Alkaline digestion of glass Nov 14, 2019 Issued
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17/293886
Post-synthetic downsizing zeolite-type crystals and/or agglomerates thereof to nanosized particles Nov 13, 2019 Issued
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17/270207
MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BORON NITRIDE NANOMATERIAL AND BORON NITRIDE NANOMATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF PURIFYING BORON NITRIDE NANOMATERIAL Nov 8, 2019 Pending
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17/290876
Process for making a nickel composite hydroxide Oct 29, 2019 Issued
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17/413748
PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR NICKEL SULFATE SOLUTION Oct 22, 2019 Pending
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17/601887
METHOD FOR SEPARATING YTTRIUM OXIDE FROM HIGH-YTTRIUM RARE EARTH ORE BY GROUPING MANNER AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING YTTRIUM OXIDE FROM MEDIUM-YTTRIUM AND EUROPIUM-RICH EARTH ORE BY GROUPING MANNER Oct 9, 2019 Pending
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17/257281
Reaction Chamber for Extraction of Uranium Dioxide Powder by Using Method of Uranium Hexafluoride Reductive Pyrohydrolysis Sep 4, 2019 Pending
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17/278810
POLYCRYSTALLINE CUBIC BORON NITRIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Sep 3, 2019 Pending
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17/274539
Method for producing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide lithium salt (LiFSI) with reduced fluorine anion content by using alkoxy trialkyl silane Sep 3, 2019 Issued
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17/269698
Dielectric thin film, capacitor element, and electronic circuit board Aug 26, 2019 Issued
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17/262449
Caustic conversion process Jul 23, 2019 Issued
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17/252360
Unusual high thermal conductivity in boron arsenide bulk crystals Jun 19, 2019 Issued
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